Luann is a snippet writer, not a story writer. I believe that there is still a Reader’s Digest magazine and it had little snippets of humor sent in by the readers. They are like cartoons without the drawings. Ideal start for Luann.
Still disappointed that there is no connection between this arc, and the one in which Luann was writing a diary for a student she was ‘counseling’, who was assigned to create a diary for a famous artist. Luann did a decent job with THAT writing…
Poor Luann, too many years have passed and she’s no longer able to understand her feelings as a young teen and how comforting it must have used to be for her to record her diary daily to let off steam. I love how she fast-forward the recording and how dramatic the last panel is. Luann alone facing her early adolescence full of embarrassing problems and feeling really down. I hope she will be able to get out of this moment of depression and come out with the decision to change her life.
Can we move on to a new arc? I’m glad we actually have Luann as the center of the arc, but, really? All we’re seeing is how boring her life was, and we already know that.
Could it be that Luann is actually looking back on her life and realizing how miserable she truly is? She was hardly ever in a good mood back in the 80s and 90s, always complaining about the many burdens of her life and now she can’t seem to climb up the ladder of success.
Why? I wrote diaries thinking that some day I would have children, and that I could understand them better if I looked back on my own feelings when I was their age. It worked.
You had a different idea of what constituted ‘important’ at the time, Luann. It’s like the saying, “If you can’t look back on your younger self and see that you were an idiot, it’s only because you’re STILL an idiot.”
I still have the diary, or more accurately log journal, of a 2.5 month road trip my grandparents took me on in 1972. Went up through the Rockies to Yellowstone, over the AlCan Highway through western Canada and over nearly every highway in Alaska then down the coast to LA and Disneyland and, finally, home. It’s odd what struck a 12 year old boy as being noteworthy.
The inanity of childhood, and the hidden wisdom. Hard to see when one looks back, but germs of wisdom, later emerging, can be seen. Which ones here? darn if I know (lol).
why? because you needed to unload. adolescent kids like to talk minutiae and sometimes the only person available to listen is a metal and plastic box (with a rotating tape). Actually it’s great that Luann has these tapes; they could help her understand how she became her present self; writing a humor story based on them ……..if she ever gets around to it……could be very cathartic, a way to purge.
When did she say it was her dream to be a writer? I recall her saying there was a contest and maybe she could win some money. She flits from interest to interest, there was no big “Luann’s dream is being a writer” storyline.
C about 2 years ago
She’s enthralled with the sound of her own voice
lvlax about 2 years ago
Better question.. "I’ve spent years being friends with Bernice…. Why? "
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So is Luann now going to give up on her being a writer dream??
Templo S.U.D. about 2 years ago
Luann got nothin’.
beb01 about 2 years ago
hy did she record all of this? Because it’s good to vent. But as with all venting it does no good to listen to it later.
So this story arc is going to end with Luann doing nothing. Typical.
alasko about 2 years ago
To make money now! If you are brave enough to publicly embarrass yourself.
Tyge about 2 years ago
So you can come back many years later and CRINGE!
kangtourcat Premium Member about 2 years ago
Because you have no life.
live2read about 2 years ago
Because she thought those things were important to record at the time, but they’re not anymore.
ronaldspence about 2 years ago
you are lucky to have those memories on tape Luann!
Cheapskate0 about 2 years ago
We’ve spent years reading this stuff. Why?
Mordock999 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Jeered, Lu.
Your wasn’t always a “barrel of laffs.”
Why don’t you also write about the time you were trapped in a deep ravine with a twisted ankle, but Gunther carried you out on his back?
Or the time that you wowed audiences during a performance of Westside Story?
Or the time you dated that creepy Elwood so your “friend” Delta could go to DC to meet the President?
Or the time you met Clay Aiken?
Airman about 2 years ago
Luann is a snippet writer, not a story writer. I believe that there is still a Reader’s Digest magazine and it had little snippets of humor sent in by the readers. They are like cartoons without the drawings. Ideal start for Luann.
SHIVA about 2 years ago
Maybe her journey into the past will yield self-discovery!!!
pbaiey about 2 years ago
Probably because it would make the current arc more interesting.
howtheduck about 2 years ago
All those "zzzz"s. I don’t remember young Luann suffering from narcolepsy.
Argythree about 2 years ago
Still disappointed that there is no connection between this arc, and the one in which Luann was writing a diary for a student she was ‘counseling’, who was assigned to create a diary for a famous artist. Luann did a decent job with THAT writing…
Cornelius Robinson Premium Member about 2 years ago
T.J. before he started tanning!
Joe1962 about 2 years ago
Sweet Lu stop digging in your past.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Poor Luann, too many years have passed and she’s no longer able to understand her feelings as a young teen and how comforting it must have used to be for her to record her diary daily to let off steam. I love how she fast-forward the recording and how dramatic the last panel is. Luann alone facing her early adolescence full of embarrassing problems and feeling really down. I hope she will be able to get out of this moment of depression and come out with the decision to change her life.
capricorn9th about 2 years ago
Why, indeed. All boring details of your ordinary teenage years. No wonder Bernice snarks at you.
Asharah about 2 years ago
So you could write your memoirs?
Susan00100 about 2 years ago
Never knew Puddles was such a great contortionist!!
OneTime59 about 2 years ago
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Ignatz Premium Member about 2 years ago
This arc has mentioned Aaron Hill and Mr. Fogarty, but not Delta.
Johnnyrico about 2 years ago
Teen angst.
preacherman Premium Member about 2 years ago
Well, Luann, the same reason you’re spending hours listening to this stuff.
bjballard1 about 2 years ago
Can we move on to a new arc? I’m glad we actually have Luann as the center of the arc, but, really? All we’re seeing is how boring her life was, and we already know that.
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member about 2 years ago
I never got into journalling, becauze I was sure this would be my future self’s reaction.
Droptma Styx about 2 years ago
At 19 you ask the question. At 50, you know the answer.
Rhetorical_Question about 2 years ago
So you can start your own cartoon strip!
Call me Ishmael about 2 years ago
Why, indeed ?
bittenbyknittin about 2 years ago
I’ve been transcribing my old journals. I understand why I wrote stuff down, to unload in a safe place, but most of it is BORING.
Ellis97 about 2 years ago
Could it be that Luann is actually looking back on her life and realizing how miserable she truly is? She was hardly ever in a good mood back in the 80s and 90s, always complaining about the many burdens of her life and now she can’t seem to climb up the ladder of success.
WilliamVollmer about 2 years ago
Because you thought it was important, back then.
sallymargret about 2 years ago
Why? I wrote diaries thinking that some day I would have children, and that I could understand them better if I looked back on my own feelings when I was their age. It worked.
6foot6 about 2 years ago
Ahhhh, Self Discovery. to bad it will not last.
tcayer about 2 years ago
Mailboxes don’t work that way. If you open the door, there’s a panel that blocks access to the inside.
tcayer about 2 years ago
She’s still exactly like this.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 2 years ago
What could I be doing now instead of this? What!
Tetonbil about 2 years ago
Therapy? And BTW, I don’t think it worked.
tremaine53 about 2 years ago
You had a different idea of what constituted ‘important’ at the time, Luann. It’s like the saying, “If you can’t look back on your younger self and see that you were an idiot, it’s only because you’re STILL an idiot.”
bryan42 about 2 years ago
I still have the diary, or more accurately log journal, of a 2.5 month road trip my grandparents took me on in 1972. Went up through the Rockies to Yellowstone, over the AlCan Highway through western Canada and over nearly every highway in Alaska then down the coast to LA and Disneyland and, finally, home. It’s odd what struck a 12 year old boy as being noteworthy.
Kr-perry Premium Member about 2 years ago
Why does Luann remain best friends with bernice, you ask? Luann sees something in her that you don’t.
luann1212 about 2 years ago
The inanity of childhood, and the hidden wisdom. Hard to see when one looks back, but germs of wisdom, later emerging, can be seen. Which ones here? darn if I know (lol).
RSH about 2 years ago
why? because you needed to unload. adolescent kids like to talk minutiae and sometimes the only person available to listen is a metal and plastic box (with a rotating tape). Actually it’s great that Luann has these tapes; they could help her understand how she became her present self; writing a humor story based on them ……..if she ever gets around to it……could be very cathartic, a way to purge.
BJShipley1 about 2 years ago
Puddles looks like he wants to run away again.
kenhense about 2 years ago
Yesterday a measly 216 comments. Today so far 111. A new arc please!
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 2 years ago
The mold is what makes blue cheese so tasty.
mindjob about 2 years ago
I also made funny tapes when I got a tape recorder. I was mostly trying to imitate voices I heard on TV.
Brdshtt Premium Member about 2 years ago
You expected the cheese to not get moldy when you leave it sitting on your bed for weeks? And what about that half of a hamburger under your pillow?
pearlyqim about 2 years ago
This is getting a little boring.
CoreyTaylor1 about 2 years ago
Because you took advice from rotten old Bernice!?
live2read about 2 years ago
I think the late Eddie Money said it best:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYcIe4PfPlY
The Quiet One about 2 years ago
Good question Luann.
Petemejia77 about 2 years ago
We spent two weeks on this lame topic. Why?
198.23.5.11 about 2 years ago
Look at Puddles.HE’S tired of listening.
kenhense about 2 years ago
Could this be the day that Luann (and G & K) realizes that she’s not a kid anymore…
HodgeElmwood about 2 years ago
When did she say it was her dream to be a writer? I recall her saying there was a contest and maybe she could win some money. She flits from interest to interest, there was no big “Luann’s dream is being a writer” storyline.
Dragoncat about 2 years ago
Because sometimes the best way to deal with an issue is to talk about it, even if it’s to yourself.
Sisyphos about 2 years ago
Odd; that’s very much like the question I’m asking myself….
DaBump Premium Member about 2 years ago
Therapy.